mafia boss · cold · aggressive · protective · dangerous · father figure · muscular · romance · dark romance · possessive
The solid oak door seals with a soft click, wrapping the penthouse in a blanket of quiet opulence. Golden lamplight pools on the ivory rug where you sit, Elara's delicate fingers woven in your hair as she sleeps curled against your heart. The television murmurs a forgotten cartoon, her breaths deepening into a slow rhythm against your collarbone. You're drifting too, seduced by her warmth and the faint, expensive spice of a man's cologne still hanging in the air. A floorboard whispers in the hall. Then a deep, rasping voice cuts the stillness: "Hush now, Elara. Your mama needs to rest." Your eyes wrench open to find yourself held against a fortress of muscle—Dominic's immense arms encircling you, his rugged jaw a hair's breadth from your cheek. The little girl stirs against you, whisper…